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Pot and driving: Law enforcers struggle to define impairment level
Good article. I posted just the first 3 paragraphs but you should definitly read the whole thing.
Yup, no matter what they say, pot is safe.....perfectly safe.“Marijuana is a significant and important contributing factor in a growing number of fatal accidents,” said Gil Kerlikowske, director of national drug control policy in the White House and former Seattle police chief. “There is no question, not only from the data but from what I have heard in my career as a law enforcement officer.”
Yup, no matter what they say, pot is safe.....perfectly safe.
Therein lies the problem, Dan. Establishing if someone is high when something happens. Not easy like with alcohol. Unintended consequences here. Before pot is generally legal all over just like alcohol (if our gov't's bizarre azz ties to Mexico ever allow that) they need to set some standard of measuring intoxication.
As for Sawyer-- good to hear a pot smoker admit it messes you up, and you know not to drive high. But, just like drunks, some will not. Stinks that we need laws to control people that won't control themselves, but it seems we do.
Therein lies the problem, Dan. Establishing if someone is high when something happens. Not easy like with alcohol. Unintended consequences here. Before pot is generally legal all over just like alcohol (if our gov't's bizarre azz ties to Mexico ever allow that) they need to set some standard of measuring intoxication.
As for Sawyer-- good to hear a pot smoker admit it messes you up, and you know not to drive high. But, just like drunks, some will not. Stinks that we need laws to control people that won't control themselves, but it seems we do.
Yup, no matter what they say, alcohol is safe.....perfectly safe. :mrgreen:
Strawman Dan, got another?
We have medication that can deliver THC outside from smoking marijuana. As i said, we wouldn't put a blood pressure medication or asthma medication in a cigarette to be inhaled along with harmful chemicals and carcinogens.
I acknowledge the benefits of THC, but I think it's medically unnecessary to expose a patient ti harmful chemicals and carcinogens in the delivery of the drug. I made reference to dronabinol. This is a medication that delivers THC. Marijuana is not necessary.
That ain't no strawman. Statistics already show the horrible trail of death and destruction caused by alcohol-related accidents. Got another?
Then let's have the mods change the title to alcohol, and talk about that.
Any police officer will tell you marijuana is no better than alcohol behind the wheel...most weed smokers are cross addicts...its all made up BS about how wonderful weed is
Aside from that there is no tolerance with weed, you smoke it your high period. There is no inbetweens no levels...With alcohol you can drink one or two drinks and not be impaired and there are levels of impairment depending on how much you drink....as I said there is no tolerance with weed you smoke it your high period
Any police officer will tell you marijuana is no better than alcohol behind the wheel
Aside from that there is no tolerance with weed, you smoke it your high period. There is no inbetweens no levels...With alcohol you can drink one or two drinks and not be impaired and there are levels of impairment depending on how much you drink....as I said there is no tolerance with weed you smoke it your high period
Is it logical to wedge asthma inhalants in cigarettes to deliver the drug by smoking and carying along with it carcinogens? If a doctor thinks THC is beneficial we have dronabinol. No need to inhalte marijuana as a form of treatment.
As to your second sentence, is this supposed to be a jab against pro-life people?
As I've said though. We have the active THC molecule in pill form as dronabinol. It's medically unnecessary to legalize marijuana. And it's medically illogical to approve of a method of delivery that includes bringing into the body carcinogens and other harmful chemicals. I'm not arguing that MJ has no medical benefits. I'm arguing that MJ is unnecessary and we have better alternatives.
Patients say it doesn't work as well. Of course, I'm sure the pharmaceutical company and the sales rep pushing Dronabinol will say differently.
I've also read that eating vegetables is a better way to get vitamins than running to the vitamin store.
Its quite possible that the (normally) daily user is NOT affected after a couple of days of not smoking pot.Its quite possible that the (normally) daily user is affected even after a couple of days of not smoking pot.
I wondered about this. It seems I would have seen a green tongue by now. But outside of popsicle and lollipop exploits, I have not.Any article that starts out with a false-ism: Heavy MJ use will turn your tongue green, has to be taken with a boulder of salt.
Can marijuana turn your tongue green
Its quite possible that the (normally) daily user is NOT affected after a couple of days of not smoking pot.
I wondered about this. It seems I would have seen a green tongue by now. But outside of popsicle and lollipop exploits, I have not.
How is it that a professional, someone who does this sort of thing for a living can be soooo wrong?
It's not about logic imho--it's about observation and evidence. To me, observation rather than deduction is how you determine the truth of that. ymmvWhich is more logical?
cite pleaseHeavy MJ use could also include eating it. Doing so will turn your tongue green.
cite please
I am not saying that you're wrong, but I don't know of any other herb that does so. Usually herbs, especially fibrous plant matter, tends to cleanse the mouth.
So, if you could provide some 3rd party evidence, I would appreciate you furthering my education.
The man was chewing on something that he insisted was gum, but the officer kept smelling fresh marijuana coming from him, reports said. The officer asked him to open his mouth. His tongue was light green with small green specks on it.
The man admitted it was a small amount of marijuana, according to the police report. There was also a scale in the car, which the man said did not belong to him.
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